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Originally Posted by pruettfan
About 20,000 miles ago I switched from the factory RFT's to conventional Vredestein tires. I noticed immediate differences in ride quality, noise and believe it or not fuel mileage. I attribute the later to reduced unsprung weight. I have had not issues whatsoever. I feel that all I lost was a slight bit of the quick turn in that the RFT's bring due to the sidewall stiffness. Having said that the overall performance is improved and I have no regrets at all. In fact if I bought a 2011 I would not wait till the RFT's wore out before I would dump them for a good set of conventional tires.
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Better economy is probably due to decrease rolling resistance, rather than weight.